In April 2021 the legislature of the U.S. State of Arkansas introduced a bill that prohibited doctors from providing gender-transition treatments to people under 18 years old. The bill would make it a felony for doctors to administer puberty blockers, hormones and gender-reaffirming surgery to anyone under the age of 18. Opponents of the bill argue that it is an assault on transgender rights and that transition treatments are a private matter that should be decided between parents, their children and doctors. Supporters of the bill argue that children are too young to make the decision to receive gender transition treatment and only adults over the age of 18 should be allowed to do so.
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@9XNKP3N 7mos7MO
Gender transition and hormone blocking treatment needs to be assessed under best practice and physician guidance and is the decision of the parent and child together with consideration for the world rights of the child. Prohibit and prosecute cases where negligence, lack of options and best practice are used to alter another's gender without consent of the individual whose gender is being altered.
@9KMH9V91yr1Y
No, but plans for them to receive these surgeries should be made and their gender should be affirmed in other ways in the meantime
@9DCVW7L 2yrs2Y
Yes, but with stringent professional assessment and diagnosis, and only non-surgical treatments before 18
@9D2P6CRIndependent2yrs2Y
Yes, children should be allowed access to social transition, but not medical transition such as surgery or hormone therapy.
@8WJKZ83Republican4yrs4Y
No, they must be at least 17 years old and understand that it is an irreversible life decision.
@8VTZWQ3Republican4yrs4Y
Yes, but they must be at least 17 years old and understand that it is a irreversible life decision.
@8VBG8684yrs4Y
Yes, but they must be at least 17 and understand that it is an irreversible life decision.
@8VB8DZC4yrs4Y
Children should be allowed the early stages of transition like hormone and blockers until they are legal adults and can make the full mental decision of a surgical transition.
@8TLXNXN4yrs4Y
Yes, but they must be at least 17 years old and understand that it is an irreversible life decision.
@8S4GZ2M4yrs4Y
only with parental consent and a therapist okay
@9BCMYWR2yrs2Y
No, it is a irreversible decision that ends up, harming the children’s body in the future.
@8WGR9MW4yrs4Y
Yes, but they must be at least 17 years old and understand that it is an irreversible life decision. They should also get their identity changed to the gender they are after completing their treatments.
@8Y2SD2D3yrs3Y
Yes, but they MUST be at least 17 years old and understand that it is an irreversible life decision.
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